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Gioia Tauro

The Port of Gioia Tauro is a large seaport in southwest Italy and the largest port in Italy for container throughput. Gioia Tauro is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, on the Tyrrhenian coast. It has an important port, situated along the route connecting Suez to Gibraltar, one of the busiest maritime corridors in the world. The port is managed by Autorità di Sistema Portuale dei Mari Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio (AdSP – Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas) which also manages the smaller ports of Corigliano, Crotone, Palmi and Vibo Valentia.

2M alliance strengthens Mediterranean services 

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 2M alliance has announced the strengthening of its services in connections from Asia to Europe and the...

Gioia Tauro port seeks to verify investment intentions of MCT

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port authority has requested from Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) documentation to evaluate...

Gioia Tauro seeks to improve commercial ties with companies at Fruit Logistica 2018 fair

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port participated in the Fruit Logistica 2018 fair, which was held in Berlin between...

Messina port concerned about future role

Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Concern has been raised by Admiral Gian Francesco Cremonini, for almost ten years director of the...

Contship sees reduced container traffic in 2017

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Contship Italia Group, a maritime container terminal and intermodal operator, saw container volumes drop...

Messina port in dispute with Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The crisis of the port of Gioia Tauro is likely to materialise in Messina, whose port authority does...

Gioia Tauro port mulls revoking MCT concession

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port authority needs to verify whether the conditions for the operation of the...

Gioia Tauro loses container traffic leadership amid conflict of shareholders

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port has lost its leadership on the Italian market for container traffic, as its throughput...

Gioia Tauro set for special economic zone (ZES)

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – Gioia Tauro port, in the Reggio Calabria region, has received initial approval to set up a special...

Gioia Tauro port’s container traffic declines 11% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Gioia Tauro port’s container traffic declined by 11% on the year in the first nine months of 2017,...

Messina port to join Sicily’s special economic zone

Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Italy’s government plans to include Messina port in the special economic zone (SEZ) that it plans...

Calabrian pleasure boat companies set up association

Cosenza, Italy (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – Calabrian pleasure boats companies have set up an association, named Confapi Nautica, that will represent...

Italy’s poor intermodal capacity limits MoS competitiveness

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Given its advantageous geographical location in the Mediterranean, Italy should represent a hub for...

Italian government to launch special economic zone at Gioia Tauro port

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The Italian government plans to set up a special economic zone at Gioia Tauro port, due to its crucial...

Calabria regional government to support port development

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Calabria regional government president Mario Oliverio has said the investment in the development of...

Eurogate’s container traffic in Italy declines 5% y/y in H1 2017

Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2017 – Eurogate group has said it handled a total of 2.405 million tonnes of cargo at its container terminals in...

Messina highlights concerns over new authority

Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The Commissione Territorio e Ambiente dell’Ars (Territorial and Environment Commission of the Ars) has...

Puglia and Sicily considered for special economic zones

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Puglia and Sicily are being considered at locations for special economic zones under discussion be the...

Gioia Tauro port approves balance sheet for 2016

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Gioia Tauro port has given the green light to the balance sheet for 2016, which was closed with a surplus of...

The new Italian port authority system explained

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) June 25, 2017 – On September 2, 2016, new legislation on the Italian Port Authority (AdSP) was issued, regulating not only the...

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